At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Twin Cities Area
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

